Executive Order 5707—Amendments to Regulations Governing the Occupation and Maintenance of Certain Foreign Service Quarters

The following changes are authorized in the regulations established by Executive Order No. 5624, dated May 15, 1931, governing the occupation and maintenance of diplomatic or consular residential and office quarters owned or leased for long terms by the United States:

(a) The phrase "in the quarters used for residence purposes" is added to the end of section 15.

(b) Section 20 is amended to read as follows:

20. The Department of State will bear the cost of renewing and repairing office furniture and the cost of ordinary and periodical cleaning, including the beating of carpets, the cleaning or washing of curtains, etc., used in the offices; but the cost of ordinary and periodical cleaning, including the beating of carpets, the cleaning or washing of curtains, etc., in the quarters used for residence purposes must be borne by the officer personally.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
September 4, 1931.